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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rilke address in his epitaph?

2. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that one must feel what?

3. What of the sea does Rilke write of remembering in "Blood-Remembering"?

4. Rilke writes in "Blood-Remembering" that "verses are not, as people imagine," what?

5. What does Rilke suggest we do to the possible dangers at hand in life?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is remarkable about Rilke's vision in "The Dragon-Princess"?

2. What metaphor does Rilke make in the end of "The Dragon-Princess" which echoes that of theories of psychology?

3. What word does Mood focus on regarding Rilke's writing of "The Dragon-Princess"?

4. What does Rilke remark in "Blood-Remembering" of the memories themselves?

5. What does Mood posit that the word "Desire" implies in "The Difficulty of Dying"?

6. What does Rilke speak of initially regarding solitude in "The Dragon-Princess"?

7. From what text is "Blood-Remembering" taken? What character is speaking?

8. Describe in your own words what Rilke means in his metaphor of man's world in "The Dragon-Princess."

9. What happens once man has acclimated himself to solitude, according to Rilke in "The Dragon-Princess"?

10. What does Mood believe Rilke associated between life and death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the poet, Rainer Maria Rilke. What are Rilke's common subjects in his writing? What genres of literature did Rilke write? What are the overriding themes which embody his works?

Essay Topic 2

In a poem such as the following, discuss the relevance and significance of its short length. What is the subject of the poem? What is its theme? What is your analysis of its structure?

"Also to affirm even rapture / like a thing"

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Mood's analysis of Rilke's epitaph. How does Mood dissect the poem into pieces, looking at each segment as it interlocks with the next? How does he view the translating of the words?

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